Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Red-light District

Red-light district, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 * Reason:It has a high EV, since this is the first good picture of this famous part of Amsterdam available to Wikipedia. Further more, it possesses a good technical quality, a good composition and a very nice mood which expresses the scene.
 * Articles this image appears in:Amsterdam, Red-light district and De Wallen
 * Creator:Massimo Catarinella


 * Support as nominator --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 22:12, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose Tilted. Low enc. Looks like Xmas lighting. A better shot, showing the interior of the brothels (as much as they do show through the windows) would have better enc. --Janke | Talk 22:27, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, this is how large parts of the red-light district look like, which is the subject. I suggest you write a letter to the mayor of Amsterdam with the comment that you think it lookes like Xmas lighting. Further more, you will never get a picture of the inside of a brothel. You will probably never get a better shot than this one, since they aren't exactly keen on photographers there. I got in an argument even making this one. If you look through that door, you will see a girl in underwear inviting you to come in. Oh, and about the tilt..there is none. I tried to improve it just to be sure, but I couldn't a tilt since there is none. I also used a tripod (Manfrotto) with a build in water bubble to prevent tilts.--Massimo Catarinella (talk) 22:50, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * The red light district De Wallen is the oldest part of Amsterdam and most houses there are tilted. The lighting is acccurate and typical. – Ilse@ 23:24, 28 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Oppose – Without taking into account the practical difficulties of taking the better photo, I think this image is not the best possible encyclopedic picture of De Wallen, since the composition shows only two prostitute windows from a big angle. I would like to get a better impression of this red light district from a featured image, also compare Image:Amsterdam red light district.jpg and Image:Amsterdam (189).jpg. – Ilse@ 23:30, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I see your point. Well, in that case a better picture is out of the question. To take a picture with an encyclopedic value of the Wallen, it should be taken at night. The only way to get a technically good image at that time of day, is by using a tripod. And this is a problem, because you will stand too much out in a neighborhood were there are stickers on every door, advertising not to take a picture. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 23:44, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I think it is one of those subjects that is very difficult to get a featured picture of. To take a photo of the girls in the brothel window, you need to be sly and take a photo with a P&S or camera phone, but to get a featured picture quality image, you need a DSLR and tripod. It seems to be a subject that is a bit difficult and incompatible with our FP standards. Diliff  | (Talk)   (Contribs) 06:57, 29 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Weak support - I like the atmosphere and think the picture illustrates the article on the Red District vey well. The tilt is a bit disturbing and I'm not sure what is due to lens distortion and to the actual tilt of some façades. Yes, it could be better if we could see something through the windows. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 11:31, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The other, technically weak examples from the red light district show how much this one falls short content-wise.  With the new generation of digital cameras with really improved low-light capabilities, it should soon be possible to get a more appropriate shot without a tripod.  And in any case, the difficulty of getting a better shot can only go so far to make up for other shortcomings.--ragesoss (talk) 13:42, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment For everybody who feels this picture lacks EV, but is otherwise a nice photograph, you can also support/oppose it on Wikimedia Commons as FP. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 15:58, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose Sorry, but this really doesn't convey any useful information to the viewer in my view. Noodle snacks (talk) 06:50, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

MER-C 10:11, 7 October 2008 (UTC)